[ale] vinyl records / CD ripping

[Geoffrey Myers]

Ron Frazier wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> Thanks to Rich Faulkner, Geoffrey Myers, Scott Castaline, and others for 
> comments on this topic.  I'm just replying to all at once, even though 
> I'm quoting Rich.  I added CD ripping to the subject line.
> 
> I really don't know if I'll get around to this, but it's an interesting 
> discussion.  I figured the turntable puts out phono level if there's no 
> preamp.  That's why I figured mic in might work.

I have my turntable connected to my amp, then take the aux out of the 
amp and connect that to line in on the sound card.

> 
> I see what you mean about mastering.
> 
> So, I suppose I should use something like FLAC for the original capture 
> and then downsample to 320 Kbps or maybe 192 Kbps MP3 or OGG for the 
> portable device.  I've used the LAME encoder before on Windows.  I don't 
> remember what I used to rip my CD's.  I think it was an old version of 
> WinAmp.  I only ever got them done 56 Kbps or 128 Kbps for some.
> 
> So, hypothetically, what could I use to rip an entire album in a batch, 
> separate tracks into separate files, apply pop and click filters, save 
> to FLAC (or something else), then transcode to MP3 or OGG?

This is what I do, via audacity.

> 
> I'd like to push 1 button then walk away for an hour and come back and 
> have it done.  Then I'd just have to name the titles.  I'd like to do 
> the same thing with CD's except the pop and click filter doesn't apply.  
> With CD's, it would be nice if the titles would automatically be looked 
> up on the internet.

I've never gotten to that point.  It has always been quite time 
consuming.  The issue for me is, I don't find the auto tools work 
terribly well in cleaning up the tunes.  Haven't found anything that 
automagically converts the single album to individual tracks.  All this 
might be there now, I've not revisited it in a while.

> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ron
> 
> On 10/4/2011 11:44 AM, Rich Faulkner wrote:
>> Line out to mic in == crunchy audio stuff (very likely)
>>
>> Some inputs will sense if a mic or line level input (if I recall 
>> right) but that will depend on the card.  Since you're re-mastering 
>> audio you should plan to do it the "right" way from the beginning. 
>>
>> Are  you planning to remaster to Linux?  Codecs?  Think Lossless and 
>> down sample from there for portable tunes.  Always remaster to highest 
>> quality (IMHO) and down sample from there.   Disk space is cheap these 
>> days so horde bits all you want I say!  Whatever you choose for a 
>> format you'll need a good transcoder to convert to lossy formats for 
>> listening on the go.  Again, depends on the platform (and I know you 
>> drive Windows as much as you do Linux if not more). 
>>
>> Outlets like XM Satellite Radio use 384K for audio while on our XP 
>> based workstation we use 380K with dBPowerAmp.  (In this case required 
>> due to the broadcast audio cards we use for this system - Windows only 
>> drivers). 
>>
>> Enjoy ripping audio!  Pops, clicks-n-all!!!
>>
>> Rich in Lilburn
>>
>>
> 
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